Across
- 4. A foul deemed unnecessarily rough or unsportsmanlike, with two levels of severity
- 7. Short term for a play where one player clears out and goes one-on-one
- 9. Dennis Rodman led the NBA in this stat for seven consecutive seasons
- 11. A foul called for unsportsmanlike conduct, arguing with officials, or hanging on the rim
- 14. ___ oop: a pass caught in mid-air and dunked or laid in before landing
- 16. He played 19 seasons for one team and retired as the all-time leader in both assists and steals
- 19. The first player since Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double for a full season, doing it four times
- 21. Kukoc's first name — he won three rings as Jordan's teammate and was the 1996 Sixth Man of the Year
- 22. In 1984, this event placed Olajuwon first, Jordan third, and Bowie second — a decision Portland still hasn't lived down
- 24. Jerry West is the silhouette on this familiar NBA symbol, though the league has never officially confirmed it
- 25. His "Dream Shake" post move is considered one of the most unguardable in NBA history
- 27. He won 11 championships as a player and became the first Black head coach in major American professional sports1
- 30. He scored 81 points against Toronto in January 2006, the second-highest single-game total ever
- 31. The ABA franchise that drafted Julius Erving in 1972 and had to give him up when they couldn't pay the merger fee
- 32. Traded to Houston after Chicago's second three-peat, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in 1996
- 33. The franchise with the most championships in NBA history (17)
Down
- 1. No player averaged one of these doubles for a full season between Oscar Robertson in 1962 and Russell Westbrook in 2017
- 2. George "The Iceman" ___, who won four scoring titles with San Antonio in the late 70s and early 80s
- 3. The colored area in the lane; offensive players can only remain here for three seconds
- 5. He retired twice before his final comeback with the Washington Wizards in 2001
- 6. Banned in college basketball from 1967 to 1976, largely because of how dominant Kareem was doing it
- 8. A defensive scheme where players guard areas rather than specific opponents; the NBA largely prohibited it until 2001
- 10. He averaged 50.4 points per game in 1961–62, a record that has never been approached
- 12. The spot on the court where the free throw line meets the lane
- 13. He won back-to-back MVP awards in 2005 and 2006 without ever winning a championship
- 15. He was the first pick in the 1985 lottery, a draft some believe was rigged in New York's favor
- 17. The city where Shaq began his NBA career and averaged 23 points per game as a rookie
- 18. His 1961–62 stats were so complete that no player matched his full-season triple-double average until Westbrook in 2017
- 20. Chris ___, the least-celebrated member of Miami's Big Three, who was a legitimate All-Star before joining LeBron and Wade
- 23. A team can call this to stop the clock; each team gets seven per game in regulation
- 26. Nicknamed "The Captain," he played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers
- 28. John Stockton's nickname, rarely used publicly
- 29. This team relocated from Minneapolis, where they earned their name from Minnesota's lakes
- 30. Patrick Ewing's team, whose last Finals appearance was 2026